Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC 30 April 2001 30 April 2001 Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329 The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust, (the 'trust') notified the company on 27 April 2001 that it had on 26 April 2001 exercised its discretion and released 1,392 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to a participant in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS'). The ESAS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Employees' Benefit Trust (the 'PSP/ESOS trust') notified Barclays PLC on 30 April 2001 that they had on 27 April 2001 released 3,252 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to a participant who exercised their award under the Barclays Group Performance Share Plan ('PSP'). The PSP/ESOS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. None of the shares were released to a director of Barclays PLC. Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 9,521,022 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC. Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Sir Andrew Large, Mr C J Lendrum, Mr J M Stewart and Mr J S Varley, Directors of Barclays PLC, are amongst the potential beneficiaries under the Trusts.

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